Rock Critic Brent Jensen Releases No Sleep 'Til Sudbury Book
May 15, 2012, 12 years ago
Rock critic Brent Jensen has released his new book No Sleep 'Til Sudbury about growing up in the ‘80s as a hard rock/heavy metal fan in Sudbury, ON.
Excerpts from the book can be seen below:
On AEROSMITH: “There is old Aerosmith, and there is new Aerosmith. Old Aerosmith is that slutty Jezebel that would take you upstairs to deliver the groceries at the end of a sloppy late-night boozefest. New Aerosmith was the beautiful prom queen with great-smelling hair you were proud to bring home to Mom.”
On MÖTLEY CRÜE’S Shout at the Devil album: “The best thing about being young is that you’re afforded the liberty of being stupid, and the best thing about Shout At The Devil is that it’s a stupid record for stupid young people.”
On the difference between hard rock and heavy metal: “Heavy metal is often made a malleable concept beyond its specific musical constitutions. Sammy Hagar proved this in 1979 by naming a song ‘Heavy Metal’ that was really no heavier than anything in FOREIGNER’s catalogue.”
On WHITESNAKE: “We used to play a drinking game with Whitesnake’s Slide It In cassette that involved taking a shot every time we heard David Coverdale sing the word ‘love’. After side one finished it would be a challenge to get up and turn the tape over to do the other side.”
No Sleep 'Til Sudbury is currently available on Amazon. For more information, visit this location.
